
Hydro has revealed a volumetric update for its business areas for April and May, ahead of the complete second-quarter financial results. The company shows it manufactured 1,760 tonnes of bauxite during April-May compared to 910 tonnes during the corresponding period last year. This means Hydro’s bauxite output in the second-quarter-to-date of 2020 increased by 94 per cent year-on-year, owing to the growing production at the Paragominas bauxite mine.

Hydro’s alumina production rose as well by 82 per cent during the said period of 2020. In April and May 2019, Hydro’s alumina output was 543 tonnes, which in the year next increased to 989 tonnes, primarily as a result of higher production at Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil.
Primary aluminium production rose marginally by 5 per cent from 326 tonnes to 341 tonnes, as volumes in recycling business unit for April and May decreased compared to the same period in 2019, reflecting weaker demand in light of COVID-19 pandemic.
Hydro’s output of rolled products and extruded solutions, on the other hand, declined by 21 per cent and 42 per cent respectively in the second quarter-to-date 2020. While the rolled products production decreased from 166 tonnes to 131 tonnes year-on-year, the output of extruded solutions plunged from 237 tonnes to 138 tonnes, both due to the weaker market demand caused by the epidemic.
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